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Small Business Server 2008 - Installation, Migration, and Configuration

By : David Overton
Book Image

Small Business Server 2008 - Installation, Migration, and Configuration

By: David Overton

Overview of this book

Small Businesses need to capitalize on the investments they make in IT to drive the business forward. SBS 2008 is uniquely positioned to deliver, but a poor implementation becomes a hindrance rather than a benefit to your business. Well implemented solutions enable your business to appear larger, yet more dynamic than many enterprises. It's easy to get Small Business Server 2008 up and running when you've got this book to hand. It helps you in a clear and friendly manner to understand how to implement SBS 2008 inside your business in a way that matches your business needs. The author's experience enables him to share a tried and tested path to deliver the business benefits without becoming bogged down in unnecessary details that are not relevant to small businesses. SBS 2008 is a fantastic investment for Small Businesses to make towards a well managed and highly functional IT solution in their business. This book is the culmination of many years advising small business owners and consultants on the recommend, tried and tested path to implement small business technology from Microsoft. Through this book you will gain an understanding of the features you can choose to use and then how to securely implement the server to deliver them. It will guide you through the installation and configuration process with the help of step-by-step instructions and plentiful screenshots. It will also explain how you can benefit from the collaboration tools based on SharePoint and how you can protect all your business data with a back-up process that covers anything from deleted files to a fire in the office. Imagine how great you'll feel when your Small Business Server 2008 is ready and working, and you can get back to surfing the Internet!
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Small Business Server 2008 Installation, Migration, and Configuration
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
Preface
Index

When to migrate and when to perform a clean installation


This is an often asked question. If you have an existing server, but consider the setup to be messed up, then starting again can be an option. However, if you chose to start again, you will need to perform the following tasks on every machine in your network:

  • Back up the machine (just in case you need to restart the process)

  • Back up all useful data and settings

  • Remove the machine from the SBS 2003 domain

  • Join the machine to the SBS 2008 domain

  • Restore the data and settings

For files and data stored on the servers, you will need to modify all security settings as these will be set for the old users and not the new users on the SBS 2008 system. This is a very lengthy and manual process, and one that often leads to data or settings being lost if careful planning is not carried out first.

Only migrating a part of a system

The migration process is one that happens at many levels, with stages that can be skipped if you wish to clean up a system...